Head of Security – DevOps
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Develop, implement, and maintain the organisation’s information security strategy and cybersecurity framework.
- Establish security policies, standards, and governance structures to protect systems, infrastructure, and data assets.
- Ensure alignment of security practices with operational objectives and the broader technology roadmap.
- Own the reliability and scalability of the organisation’s cloud infrastructure, including container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and disaster recovery.
- Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) across AWS or equivalent cloud platforms, ensuring reproducibility, auditability, and least-privilege access.
- Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines to enable fast and secure deployments, including Docker build caching, multi-stage builds, and automated testing gates.
- Establish SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets, while leading incident management and on-call practices.
- Architect and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans, including cross-region failover and backup strategies.
- Drive cloud cost optimisation while maintaining high performance and security standards.
- Identify, assess, and manage cybersecurity risks across the organisation’s technology environment.
- Implement risk mitigation strategies and security controls to protect critical infrastructure and digital assets.
- Monitor emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities that could impact operations or infrastructure.
- Oversee monitoring, detection, and response processes for cybersecurity incidents and vulnerabilities.
- Coordinate incident response activities, ensuring proper investigation, containment, and remediation.
- Support the development and maintenance of incident response plans and procedures.
- Oversee security frameworks related to digital assets, wallets, and transaction infrastructure where applicable.
- Support safeguards that protect wallet systems, transaction flows, and overall platform integrity.
- Collaborate with Risk, Fraud, and Product teams to strengthen controls against abuse, account compromise, and system manipulation.
- Ensure alignment with relevant regulatory obligations, compliance requirements, and industry standards.
- Support internal and external audits, risk assessments, and compliance reviews.
- Maintain oversight of data protection, security controls, and governance frameworks.
- Promote a strong culture of security awareness through training, guidance, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to enhance the organisation’s cybersecurity posture through improved tools, processes, and practices.
Requirements
- Proven experience in a senior security, DevOps, or infrastructure leadership role.
- Strong hands-on expertise with cloud platforms such as AWS (or equivalent), including architecture, security, and cost optimisation.
- Demonstrated experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Deep understanding of modern security practices, including risk management, incident response, and vulnerability management.
- Experience leading and scaling high-performing engineering or security teams.
- Solid knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with observability tools, monitoring systems, and incident management processes.
- Experience with disaster recovery planning, business continuity, and high-availability systems.
- Strong understanding of compliance frameworks and regulatory requirements relevant to online platforms (e.g. ISO 27001, GDPR).
- Exposure to digital asset or crypto security is considered a strong advantage.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally across engineering, product, and risk teams.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to operate at both strategic and hands-on levels.
- Experience working with Crypto Casinos is a plus.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud infrastructurecontainer orchestrationCI/CD pipelinesinfrastructure-as-codeAWSTerraformCloudFormationrisk managementincident responsevulnerability management
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementcommunicationleadershipcollaborationtrainingguidanceknowledge-sharingincident managementteam managementstrategic thinking
Certifications
ISO 27001GDPR